Anyone interested in a new MOBO?

[euclidean©]

www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2879&p=2

so ya....maybe it'll work maybe it wont....if the new CPU design from AMD here in the near future stays on the the current socket then I might get it...definitely would be interesting and fun! lol

The madness doesn't end with the sheer number of PCIe lanes; the 680a also supports a total of four GigE ports, twelve SATA ports and twenty USB 2.0 ports. All of the usual nForce features are present on the 680a, including SLI support, RAID and NVIDIA's networking (FirstPacket and Teaming support). The chipset is a pure beast and we were eager to see an implementation of all of the PCIe, GigE, SATA and USB ports that the 680a supports on the first Quad FX motherboards; unfortunately we were met with disappointment.

erg...new socket...new cpu's.....new board....new memory...erg! and im stuck with a video card that isn't going down in price ....harvey...u got an extra 7800GT preferable BFG laying around? lol

AMD is guaranteeing a bit of an upgrade path to early adopters of Quad FX by promising that these motherboards will work with AMD's native quad-core CPUs when they are available next year, meaning you'll get support for eight cores in the same platform in less than a year.

oooo...this tickled my fancy

[Kämpfer]

Just gave it to dan... I might be able to get you a eVGA....

[euclidean©]

ok...as far as Nvidia goes, when doing sli...would having 2 cards with different clock speeds be bad? or cause problems?

[Kämpfer]

Umm.... I'm not sure.... lol

[Loker]

no the faster card will actually down clock itself to match the slower card.......

[Kämpfer]

I believe the eVGA is clocked at 490MHz.... Whats the BFG?

[euclidean©]

425 core and 1050 memory.

Have you seen BFGs new cards? they're selling versions with watercooling blocks pre-installed lol

[Kämpfer]

In that case you might was well buy mine.... lol

425 isn't much of a factory OC....

[euclidean©]

Ya, i remember at the time I bought mine, the eVga at those speeds was like $40 more than my BFG...I think that's why I went with this one....that and it had COD2 for free...which I ended up getting like 2 copies of lol.

So how much do you want for it?

[Kämpfer]

Well it was literally in the box until I put it in Dan's computer so I would like $200, but prices are starting to drop a bit. We can discuss it over break.

[euclidean©]

And see, that's what im debating about...Newegg now has 1 7800GT...the 460mhz eVga...it's 149.99, but it's "recertified". And right now...the only game I have found to really take more than my card can offer is Rainbow Six Vegas (which is an awesome multiplayer game )....so I don't know if I just want to wait till the 8800s come down another hundred dollars...or what....

[Loker]

recertified or refurbished is usually better.....they have a much lower failure rate than new in box stuff....since they have to be sent back to the manufacturer....checked over thoroughly and if needed repaired....so I prefer to order refurbished unless it is something that comes with a lot of accessories that would not be included with the refurbished version.....

[Kämpfer]

I used to think that way, but I've had a bad track record with refurbished products.... My X1800XT doesn't work and I still haven't gotten a replacement. I sent back 4 Soltek Qbic barebone pcs before the warranty expired and Loomis has the 5th dead one. I bought a refurbished Asus motherboard that was DOA and an Abit motherboard that has no on-board sound. I picked up 2 refurbished CRT monitors from TigerDirect, one was scratched and the other has some discoloration in the screen. I'm sure there's been more too, but like I said refurbished products should be taken with a grain of salt. Never buy a refurbished mobo and video cards are also highly suspect...

[euclidean©]

Speaking of no sound....you know that Giga-byte board I bought from you way back when....the sound died on it last weekend ....and my Audigy 2 zs hates the PCI slots, it literaly corrupts the OS and I have to reinstall after a little while of playing on it....so I ended up buying a cheap Dynex Sound card from Best Buy for $25 and it's working just fine....it still pisses me off that my Audigy doesn't work in here

O, and it works in like 4 other computers that i've tried it in....just has problems with mine it seems...